With the Japanese Prime Minister’s Dec 27 visit to Pearl Harbor, plus President Obama’s historic trip to Hiroshima last May, we see a remarkable change in the US-Japan alliance in recent years. For decades, the[…]
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3 Principles Behind the Hiroshima Visit
Avoided by every other American president, Hiroshima on Friday May 27 hosts President Obama. On the politics and principles that shaped the White House’s design of the visit, see my article in Monkey Cage.
Should Obama visit Hiroshima?
No sitting American president has ever visited Hiroshima. President Obama is scheduled to attend the G-7 summit in Ise-shima, Japan — will he also take a trip to the atomic bombing site? My essay in[…]